The last few years has seen something of an explosion in the release of recordings by relatively young and little…
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In his best writing, David Sedaris suggests a visiting anthropologist from a distant galaxy or some future civilization, observing and…
Kim Nalley has been a fixture on the San Francisco music scene for the best part of a decade and…
Novelist Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) is receiving some well-deserved media attention these days thanks to Anthony Minghella’s opulent Hollywood version of…
Bob Zmuda’s memoir Andy Kaufman Revealed! is both invaluable and exasperating. As Kaufman’s writer and fellow provocateur, Zmuda was involved…
Mary McCarthy’s first novel plunges into the psyche of a young married woman in the 1930’s who is starting an…
Beth Kephart has chosen an elusive theme for Into the Tangle of Friendship. "The more we let others into our…
Suggested reading: Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret (1992), James Gavin Discovering Great Singers of Classic Pop:…
Mekons I Have Been to Heaven and Back Ever since there have been rock critics, there have been critics’ bands….
Ronald Sukenick is one of the leading lights of postmodern literature in the United States. He was a founding member…
In a world where many a former country diva (Faith, Shania) is deserting her roots for pop superstardom, while yesterday’s…
Younger by the Day: 365 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Body and Revitalize Your Spirit Filled with humor, useful information, and…
In their five brief years, The Clash left behind a peerless body of work. Sweeping, ambitious and constantly evolving, their…
In Danse Macabre, an engaging nonfiction exploration of cinematic and literary horror, Stephen King wrote nostalgically about the science fiction…